Textile Hacker was created to record my journey learning how to sew. Why sewing? I am self-professed geek who loves learning how things work and acquiring cool new skillz (yes, that's skillz with a Z). My wife has this old beast of a machine from the 50's that has been gathering dust in a corner. I have had my eye on for years now and I figured I would finally give it a shot. Plus, my wife is really happy about the whole "free tailoring" part of this endeavor and that can't hurt.
I came up with the name "Textile Hacking", as alternative to "sewing" (yawn) in an effort to generate some male geek culture interest into the old skool world of sewing. I wasn't too lucky finding other sewing blogs that appealed to my personal tastes or style, so I figured there must be a hole and I was just the needle-wielding dork to fill it. Plus it just sounds cool.
This is not an instructional sewing blog. You probably need to visit much pinker sites with more ads for that. I barely know what I am doing here- a complete sewing n00b. But hopefully I will learn a few tricks along the way to pass along. I am also hoping to connect to other dorks like me who are willing to shatter the gender stereotypes, embrace their inner seamster and share their crazy thimble stories. I mean, somebody had to make all those Darth Vader capes at Comic Con, right?
If you have any questions about anything I post, by all means, comment away and I will answer all that I can. Remember: we are in this together!
Happy Sewing!
-The Textile Hacker
Looking forward to your adventures with that Singer! I have one too, have just started experimenting with it. I'm not very pink and have no ads, but a lot of the blogs I frequent are and do. Good luck and I'll check in from time to time to see how it's going!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your support! I didn't get started on the blog as soon as I had hoped, but I will keep posting as things start to happen for me.
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ReplyDeleteI hope you don't mind that I'm getting in touch. My name is Amanda Young. I'm a television producer in NYC working on a brand new show for A&E called "The Sewing Bee." Its based on a very popular show of the same name in the U.K. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03myqj2)
We are looking for amateur sewers who would like to apply to be contestants on the show and I'm having a hard time finding men who sew. I stumbled across your blog and thought maybe you would have some insight. Would you be interested in applying? Or maybe know other people who would like to apply?
Let me know if you are interested in hearing more. You can email me at amanda.young@loveproductionsusa.com or call at 646582-0870